When Lu and George Barnes drop their only daughter, Pippa, off at college, they return home to face a marriage eroded beyond recognition. Lu finds herself unsure of who she is as a wife and a woman, increasingly disinterested in her husband's pretentious values. Meanwhile Pippa, who has spent the last year shunning the intimacy she and her mother once shared, feels completely adrift in the bustle of L.A. While Lu and Pippa turn to the natural world in this moment of personal crisis, California's wildfire season is swiftly approaching, and with it, a surprising reckoning.
About the book
When Lu and George Barnes drop their only daughter, Pippa, off at college, they return home to face a marriage eroded beyond recognition. Lu finds herself unsure of who she is as a wife and a woman, increasingly disinterested in her husband's pretentious values. Meanwhile Pippa, who has spent the last year shunning the intimacy she and her mother once shared, feels completely adrift in the bustle of L.A. While Lu and Pippa turn to the natural world in this moment of personal crisis, California's wildfire season is swiftly approaching, and with it, a surprising reckoning.